Triple

T2192778
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Duddell Medal and Prize E49900 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William Du Bois Duddell
William Du Bois Duddell was a British physicist and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work on electrical oscillations and the invention of the "singing arc."
E242597 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: William Du Bois Duddell | Statement: [Duddell Medal and Prize, namedAfter, William Du Bois Duddell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Du Bois Duddell
Context triple: [Duddell Medal and Prize, namedAfter, William Du Bois Duddell]
  • A. W. E. B. Du Bois
    W. E. B. Du Bois was an influential African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, renowned for his pioneering work on race and inequality.
  • B. Arthur B. Spingarn
    Arthur B. Spingarn was an American lawyer, civil rights leader, and prominent collector of African American literature and history whose extensive archives helped lay the foundation for major Black studies research collections.
  • C. Josiah E. DuBois Jr.
    Josiah E. DuBois Jr. was a U.S. Treasury Department lawyer and key Holocaust whistleblower whose efforts helped expose government inaction and led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Jews during World War II.
  • D. St. Clair Drake
    St. Clair Drake was an influential African American sociologist, anthropologist, and activist known for his pioneering studies of Black urban life and race relations, particularly in Chicago.
  • E. Alain Locke
    Alain Locke was an American philosopher, writer, and educator often called the “Dean” of the Harlem Renaissance for his influential role in promoting African American art and literature.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: William Du Bois Duddell
Triple: [Duddell Medal and Prize, namedAfter, William Du Bois Duddell]
Generated description
William Du Bois Duddell was a British physicist and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work on electrical oscillations and the invention of the "singing arc."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Du Bois Duddell
Target entity description: William Du Bois Duddell was a British physicist and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work on electrical oscillations and the invention of the "singing arc."
  • A. W. E. B. Du Bois
    W. E. B. Du Bois was an influential African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, renowned for his pioneering work on race and inequality.
  • B. Arthur B. Spingarn
    Arthur B. Spingarn was an American lawyer, civil rights leader, and prominent collector of African American literature and history whose extensive archives helped lay the foundation for major Black studies research collections.
  • C. Josiah E. DuBois Jr.
    Josiah E. DuBois Jr. was a U.S. Treasury Department lawyer and key Holocaust whistleblower whose efforts helped expose government inaction and led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Jews during World War II.
  • D. St. Clair Drake
    St. Clair Drake was an influential African American sociologist, anthropologist, and activist known for his pioneering studies of Black urban life and race relations, particularly in Chicago.
  • E. Alain Locke
    Alain Locke was an American philosopher, writer, and educator often called the “Dean” of the Harlem Renaissance for his influential role in promoting African American art and literature.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a88aaba3c48190b351cab9b26989ff completed March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbf4a542881908aaaf4f0f85bc32c completed March 7, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae5db283cc8190b75870cb2aabc5af completed March 9, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae5e7b13108190bc3f4edbff3bdb24 completed March 9, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5edfe80481908c3304c917c9065b completed March 9, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.